starfishing
Sleeping spread-eagle style
Starfishing is lying spread-eagled with arms and legs extended, resembling a starfish.
The term often describes someone sprawled across a bed, taking up maximum space: He was starfishing across the whole mattress.
In sexual contexts, it describes a passive partner who lies motionless during intercourse, neither participating nor responding.
Spread irregularly outward
- spread-eagleLimbs extended in X-shape
- mattressPadded sleeping surface
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
- co-sleepingShared slumber with infant
partner · bedroom · nighttime · diagonal · unconscious · slumber · snoring · pillow
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- openNot closed
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
helpless · prey · at-risk · sprawled · unguarded · accessible
Locomotion through water
- poolCollective fund or basin
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
water · drifting · relaxation · weightless · summer · leisure · sunbathing · poolside
Spiny-skinned marine invertebrates
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- intertidalZone between high and low watermarks
- beachcombingSearching shores for flotsam
- echinodermsSpiny-skinned marine invertebrates
sand · ocean · waves · seashore · coral · anemones · kelp · saltwater
sprawling
Spread irregularly outward
- spread-eagleLimbs extended in X-shape
- mattressPadded sleeping surface
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
co-sleeping · partner · bedroom · nighttime · diagonal · unconscious · slumber · snoring · pillow
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- openNot closed
susceptible · helpless · prey · at-risk · sprawled · unguarded · accessible
swimming
Locomotion through water
- poolCollective fund or basin
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- floatingStaying atop liquid
buoyancy · water · drifting · relaxation · weightless · summer · leisure · sunbathing · poolside · vacation
sea-stars
Spiny-skinned marine invertebrates
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- intertidalZone between high and low watermarks
- beachcombingSearching shores for flotsam
echinoderms · sand · ocean · waves · seashore · coral · anemones · kelp · saltwater · shells
starfishingcurling up
Drawing limbs inward
fetal position · balling up · huddling · tucking in · crouching
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